A/N: Sorry for the long wait, things are crazy here between work and all of the errands I've been running. I'm going to try to update a little of everything today! Please don't forget to fave, follow, and review!
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Natasha grabbed her gun from her boot, aiming it at the man standing in front of them before the car suddenly lurched forward. They'd been rammed from behind by a Hummer causing the woman to drop the gun into the floor. Sam slammed his foot down on the breaks, trying to keep the car from going forward but the force of the Hummer behind them moved them forward, ever closer to the Winter Soldier. The man jumped and landed on the top of the car again. Sam hit he breaks again, they squealed in protest as the car kept being pushed forward.
"Nat! Now would be a really good time to find that gun!" Katherine said, looking up at the roof, trying to figure out how to use her electricity without shocking everyone else in the car. The woman covered her face when the man's metal arm came through the windshield, grabbing the top of the steering wheel before pulling it out of the car.
"Shit!" Sam yelled. Natasha had finally found her gun, aiming it at the roof before letting loose three rounds. The Winter Soldier jumped onto the hood of the Hummer, which had backed off of them before coming back and ramming them again. The car just swerved all over the road since there was no steering wheel to control it. Katherine watched as Steve put his shield on his right arm before grabbing Natasha.
"Hang on!" He yelled to them as car hit the road divider, causing it to flip. Steve reached over and grabbed Sam and Katherine, pulling them close when he broke the door free, using it and the shield to slide across the asphalt. As the door came to a stop, Sam and Katherine had been knocked off. The woman grunted when she stopped rolling, her head was throbbing and she was pretty sure she had a broken wrist. The brakes screeched on the Hummer as it came to a stop. She stood up in time to watch the Winter Soldier aim a grenade launcher at Steve, hitting the shield and causing him to fly off the bridge.
"Steve!" She called to him before she ran for cover; the Winter Soldier wasn't the only one they had to worry about. Although, since she was now in the open, she was free to use her powers. Natasha fired off a couple rounds before she had to run. Katherine caught her breath as she leaned against a car. "This is going swimmingly." She said to herself as she snapped her fingers, a small bolt of lightning appeared. She did it again and again, running through all of the elements that she could control. Wind was definitely going to be useful for all of the bullets and lighting for knocking them unconscious, everything else was learn as you go. She peeked around the car as the Winter Soldier jumped from the bridge. She glanced around, she was close enough to the edge she should be able to make it without drawing too much attention.
She ran towards the edge and jumped down, using the wind to break her fall. When she landed, she saw the Winter Soldier walking after Natasha. She began to follow them when four HYDRA agents jumped down from the bridge and began firing at the overturned buss where Steve must've landed. Katherine stayed hidden in the shadow of the bridge. Right before the gas tank on the bus exploded, Steve jumped out and rolled to his shield and grabbed it. The bullets bounced off of it easily. The woman watched as Steve deflected a few bullets, killing a few of the agents. She heard gunfire from the roof right before another agent went down, it must've been Sam. The last agent had a hand-held machine gun and was firing everything he had at Steve. Before the Captain could move, the woman threw her hand out, lightning leaving her fingertips and going straight through the man's heart. A moment later, he dropped dead on top of the car he was standing on. Steve lowered his shield, running over to her and throwing his left arm around her neck and pulling her close.
"I'm fine, I'm fine." She said, pulling away from him, putting her hands on his chest. "The Winter Soldier went after Natasha. We need to go help her." Steve nodded.
"I know." He said before looking up at Sam, who was firing on another HYDRA agent.
"Go! I got this!" He yelled down to them. Steve nodded and grabbed Katherine's hand, pulling her in the direction Natasha had gone.
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The pair of heroes managed to show up just in time. Steve immediately let go of Katherine so that he could take on the Winter Soldier, which Katherine wasn't going to complain about. The two men collided and Katherine could hear the Vibranium of the shield vibrating. The brunette turned and ran over to Natasha, kneeling down in front of her. "Natasha! Nat!" The redhead looked at her, gasping for breath. "Relax, okay? Let me see." Katherine said, gently peeling the other woman's hand away from her shoulder. It was a through-and-through, so at least there were no bullets that she had to dig out. "Alright, good news. No bullet." The woman said with a small smile. "Bad news… you were shot." She said, looking sad.
"No shit… Sherlock." Natasha said to her, her gasps coming few and far between. Katherine smiled slightly.
"Good to see you're still in fighting spirits." She turned when the sounds of fighting stopped. She had gotten used to the sounds of their grunting, the shield vibrating, the mechanics of the arm whirling and so when it all silent, the woman was slightly worried. She glanced over the car to see Steve and the Winter Soldier at a stand-still. Steve had managed to knock the other man's mask from his face.
'Bucky?' She heard him ask. There was no way that was him… he died in World War II.
'Who the hell is Bucky?' The Winter Soldier –Bucky– said as he lifted his gun. Fortunately, Sam chose that moment to fly in and knock the man off of his feet. Bucky rolled to his feet, seemingly weighing options before aiming the gun again. Katherine stood up, holding her palm out and making a stream of fire hit the gas tank behind the man, causing the car to explode. When the smoke cleared, the man was gone. Steve looked back at her before turning back. It only took a few seconds for them to be surrounded by the S.T.R.I.K.E team after that. They grabbed Sam and Steve, making their way to Natasha and Katherine. The older woman let electricity dance between her fingers as the two women were surrounded.
"Lieutenant! Get on your knees! Get on your knees!" Jack Rollins yelled at her. She let the electricity travel up her arms to her shoulders, glancing at each agent around her. She noticed Steve being handcuffed by Rumlow. "It's over Lieutenant. Get on your knees." Rollins said to her again, none of them lowering their guns. If anything, Rollin's gun went higher, to her head.
"Kat." Natasha said from where she said, causing the brunette to look back at her. "Do it." She said and Katherine took in a deep breath through her nose before letting the electricity dissipate. She held up her hands as she slowly got to her knees, watching each man closely as they came to surround her and Natasha. She was handcuffed quickly by Rollins before she was forced back onto her feet by him. They lead Natasha away in front of her so that she would be able to see her. They were loaded into one of the S.T.R.I.K.E transport vans. Once they were all in, the van began to move. It was silent inside.
"It was him." Steve said. "He looked right at me like he didn't even know me." Katherine bumped her knee against Steve's
"How is that even possible? It was like, 70 years ago." Sam said from where he was sitting closer to the front of the van.
"Zola." Steve answered simply. "Bucky's whole unit was captured in '43. Zola experimented on him. Whatever he did helped Bucky survive the fall. They must have found him and…" Katherine pushed her knee against his a little harder before leaning into him, gaining the man's attention. He looked so much like a kicked puppy.
"None of that's you fault, Steve." She said to him. He sighed, looking down.
"Even when I had nothing, I had Bucky." Katherine sucked her teeth before glancing at one of the S.T.R.I.K.E agents beside her.
"We need a doctor here." Sam said to the agent beside him. "If we don't put pressure on the wound, she's going to bleed out here in the truck." The agent held up a small electrified baton at him. He jumped slightly before the agent hit the other with it, knocking him unconscious with a kick to the face. They all waited with baited breath for the man to remove his mask. It revealed… Marla Hill.
"Ah. That thing was squeezing my brain." She said once she had the helmet off. She looked at Sam before turning to Steve. "Who is this guy?" She asked before turning her attention to Katherine when the metal cuff fell to a ball of metal at her feet. Katherine looked around at them.
"What?"
"You can do that?" Sam asked, nudging the metal with his foot.
"Yeah… the elements in metal come from the Earth. It counts as an Earth element." She reached over to Steve's hands, making quick work of the metal cuffs before moving onto Natasha and then Sam.
"That's great to know. It'd be really impressed if you could get us out of here." Sam said, rubbing his wrists.
"That would be my job." Maria said, holding up a plasma cutter.
